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The US State Department and the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a travel warning to its citizens over New Zealand's current measles outbreak.
New Zealand is currently facing a massive increase in measles cases, with 821 cases of measles in Auckland, and 991 confirmed cases notified across the country.
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The Government's planning the biggest water quality reforms in almost 30 years.
Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor and Environment Minister David Parker on Thursday unveiled new proposals for a swathe of major changes intended to clean up New Zealand's rivers, streams and lakes.
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Read more: Government unveils sweeping waterways clean-up plan
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A British boy says he is "lucky to be alive" after a trampoline spring was lodged into his back in an incident he says "must be rarer than a lightning strike".
Jamie Quinlan, a 12-year-old boy from Lincolnshire in eastern England, was playing on a friend's trampoline on Saturday when a spring broke off, ripped through his shirt, and lodged into his back, reports the BBC.
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Read more: Freak accident: Trampoline spring shoots into British child's back 'like a bullet'
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2019/09/freak-accident-trampoline-spring-shoots-into-british-child-s-back-like-a-bullet.html
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An elderly man who fell over in a public toilet in Christchurch had his phone stolen after calling out for help.
On Saturday, 92-year-old Gordon Proctor fell over in the toilet in the suburb of New Brighton, Star News reports.
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Read more: Elderly Christchurch resident falls over, man steals his phone
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Police have published an amended price list for prohibited firearms and parts eligible under the buy-back scheme.
This is the fourth iteration of the price list since the announcement of the buy-back and amnesty on 20 June 2019.
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Read more: Updated prohibited firearms price list released
- Article: https://www.newsie.co.nz/news/161381-updated-prohibited-firearms-price-list-released.html
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Transport Agency emails reveal a flurry of activity by officials anxious to avoid embarrassment and blame after problems emerged with cameras installed in taxis.
The emails from 2014 show staff were worried a type of camera installed in hundreds of taxis around the country - the Lintek TaxiTrekT1 - could be faulty because some of the footage could not be downloaded.
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Read more: Taxi camera concerns has NZTA scrambling to avoid embarrassment
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would pull funding from 127 Defense Department projects, including schools and daycare centers for military families, as it diverts $3.6 billion to fund President Donald Trump's wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.
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PONTIAC, Mich. (FOX 2) - There are two things that Joseph Cantu says keeps him staying strong: His faith in god and hope that his kids won't remember it.
The 'it' are the housing struggles of Cantu and his five children.
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Read more: Homeless father of five can't find shelter that takes men with children
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